the Sins of the Stomache... - Thursday, December 6 2007

pretty sure it's been a record time since my last post, but i've just been so lazy...and too many things happening to take in and contemplate all at once...so yeah. but that's not what i'm talking about right now. all of you who are hoping for a lengthy, detailed/interesting update about crazy kids and other adventures of mine here in Moriguchi...sorry. all i'm jotting down here is a sort of "milestone" (at least i think it is).

let me get to the point...

i can't remember the last time i ate a chip. no, not fries (for any of you British folks), the baked/crispy/flakey potato snacks that come in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. yeah, those things. Doritos, Lays, Old Dutch, Miss Vickie's, Pringles, etc...

now i'm not a health freak, i've just always tried to eat sensibly while allowing myself (very) occasional junkfood binge. well, there's no shortage of junkfood here in Japan, but i haven't been able to find a lot of chips/snack foods readily available all the time. that's probably half the reason why we eat them as often as we do anyway; just b/c they're "there". right in front of the cash register at the supermarket, in a handy vending machine outside the office, etc.

i probably haven't eaten a bag of chips for a good 6 months, just b/c they're just not anywhere that catches my eye when i go grocery shopping, they're stashed away in some middle aisle on the bottom shelf or something. but TODAY...oh something in my tummy just craved for the crispy, savory taste of some chips. and i caved.

i bought 2 bags.



mmmm, they're not as good as chips in Canada i think, not as crunchy, but they'll do for now...

  ¶ 2:30 AM